EDGE #239: Sam Neill, Lucy Lawless, Gibbs Farm, Sir James Carroll, WooJai Lee + Naked & Famous and more ++

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News of Global New Zealanders From Brian Sweeney, producer NZEDGE.COM | 02 November 2016 | #239 | New York Film & TV | Financial Times (The) 31 October 2016 Sam Neill: From Heartthrob To Vintner Sam Neill of New Zealand’s Central Otago winery Two Paddocks, who is better known as an actor told the Financial Times’ Jancis Robinson that he “puts all his energy “into making beautiful wine and creating beautiful places”. “To judge from his tweets and… Film & TV | UPI 01 November 2016 Lucy Lawless on the Evolution of Fake Blood New Zealand-born Lucy Lawless of Spartacus, Battlestar Galactica and Xena: Warrior Princess fame says she has noted major advances in props and fake blood since she began… Business | Daily Mail 01 November 2016 Astronauts and SAS buying up Armadillo Merino A British company, founded by New Zealander Andy Caughey, has developed a superfine wool which has been snapped up by the UK’s Ministry of Defence for SAS… Visual Arts | Atlas Obscura 01 November 2016 Innovative Oddities Abound at Gibbs Farm Truly one of New Zealand’s best-kept secret gems, according to travel site Atlas Obscura, is the gigantic sculpture garden known as Gibbs Farm.In 1991, New Zealand-born… Visual Arts | Australian (The) 02 November 2016 Artist Louise McRae a Star of the Other Fair Former graphic designer and professional equestrian rider, New Zealander Louise McRae, made her Australian debut at Sydney’s recent Other Art Fair with eight new… Design | Architect Magazine 30 October 2016 WooJai Lee’s PaperBricks Objects of the Moment Korean-New Zealander, designer WooJai Lee has given newspapers a second life transforming them into multifunctional blocks. PaperBricks are sturdy, but… Music | Chicago Classical Review 30 October 2016 Holly Mathieson Conducts Illinois Philharmonic New Zealand-born Holly Mathieson, who has been named assistant conductor for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, was at the helm of the Illinois Philharmonic… Fashion | Vogue 31 October 2016 Victoria’s Secret Welcomes Georgia Fowler Every year a brand-new set of models is given the opportunity to walk the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and this year’s class, including Aucklander Georgia Fowler,… Visual Arts | Chattanooga Times Free Press 29 October 2016 Kon Dimopoulos Painting Chattanooga’s Trees Blue Konstantin Dimopoulos is a New Zealand artist heading up an environmental art installation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, titled “The Blue Trees,”… Visual Arts | Blouinartinfo 26 October 2016 Jennifer Flay’s 2016 FIAC Unifies Paris Steering this year’s edition of Parisian contemporary art fair Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) through a period of significant change and development was New… Taste | Martha’s Vineyard Times (The) 29 October 2016 Bill Manson Passionate About Wild Food The Local Wild Food Challenge is a global phenomenon that was launched in New Zealand by personal chef Bill Manson in 2008 and has been celebrated on Martha’s Vineyard since… Business | News.com.au 28 October 2016 Iyia Liu Earns Big on Waist Trainers Along with a desire to cinch her waist, young commerce graduate, New Zealander Iyia Liu, 23, had a burning entrepreneurial ambition. After noticing the waist trainer – a contemporary… Theatre | ArtsHub 28 October 2016 Simon Phillips Has the Knack for Musical Theatre In a wide-ranging career spanning several continents, which to date has seen him employed as artistic director by two Australian state theatre companies… Music | Vanyaland 27 October 2016 The Naked and Famous Match Sound to Vision The New Zealand-born, Los Angeles-based group The Naked and Famous are pairing a striking visual story with their new album Simple Forms, which was released this month via… War & Peace | New Zealand Listener 27 October 2016 Sir James Carroll the Voice of the People The little known story of the charismatic Irish-Maori politician and New Zealand Wars volunteer, Sir James Carroll’s visit to the Somme in 1916 is retold in the New Zealand… Media | Adweek 27 October 2016 Standout Commercials for Cheil’s Malcolm Poynton Global chief creative officer at Cheil Worldwide, New Zealand-born Malcolm Poynton, talks to Adweek in Las Vegas about the “lasting genius” of… See all stories and an 11,500 story archive of international New Zealand news 2000-2016 at NZEDGE/MEDIA. Researched and edited by Jane Nye (Berlin), Andrew Conn (New York), Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Web published by Henrike Forschler (Auckland). Fern symbol by www.nzflag.com founded by Lloyd Morrison.